ISBN: 9782503515212 - Urban Carnival: Festive Culture in the Hanseatic Cities of the Eastern Baltic, 1350-1550: 8 (medieval Texts and Cultures of Northern Europe) (10 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 01 edition. 374 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,900grams, ISBN:9782503515212.…

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Hardcover. 8vo. pp xxv, 374. Original publisher's colour illustrated boards. Illustrations in black and white. From the 'Medieval Texts and Cultures of Northern Europe' series. ISBN: 2503515215 Fine.

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Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This is a significant new study of the festival culture of northern Europe in the later Middle Ages: more specifically of the German-speaking communities of the great cities of the eastern Baltic littoral in what was then called Livonia, corresponding roughly to the territories of present-day Estonia and Latvia. While subject to a degree of Scandinavian influence, the festival culture of Livonian cities such as Riga, Reval (Tallinn), and Dorpat (Tartu), which were members of the Hanseatic League, substantially overlapped with that of other German-speaking areas, not least the Hanseatic cities of northern Germany. The major part of the book is devoted to the main annual festivals of the merchants' guilds: Christmas, Carnival, the popinjay shoot, and the May Count celebrations. There follows an analysis of specific aspects of the festivals: spatial contexts, finances, food and drink, entertainments (dances, jousts, games), customs and rituals. There is also a concluding glance at changes in festival culture after the Reformation. The study combines close scrutiny of local customs (made possible by the almost miraculous survival of uniquely detailed documentation), contextualization within the wider comparative context of festival culture in late-medieval Europe, and an alterness to significant recent scholarship in both English and German.…

Condition: New. This is a significant new study of the festival culture of northern Europe in the later Middle Ages: more specifically of the German-speaking communities of the great cities of the eastern Baltic littoral in what was then called Livonia, corresponding rough.

Condition: gut. Urban Carnival Festive Culture in the Hanseatic Cities of the Eastern Baltic, 1350-1550 In deutscher Sprache. pages.